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9 months ago

Hopelessly Devoted to You ⚔️♥️

Hopelessly Devoted To You ⚔️♥️
Hopelessly Devoted To You ⚔️♥️

UGSHDHH i can finally draw again I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SILRID 🤝🤝❗️❗️take this doodle while i work on an upcoming animatic, i hope to draw much more now that i’m back home

9 months ago
Orgel Box

Orgel Box

9 months ago
Graduation

graduation

9 months ago
Sunset In Italy 🌧️☀️

sunset in italy 🌧️☀️

9 months ago

The thing about the 'Ugliest King' title and All The Ensuing Conversations that occur as a result, is that it works in the wn because we, the readers, have Absolutely No Idea what Kim Dokja looks like. Yes, there's the picture on the description page of the cover, but wn readers are trained to ignore those. Cover art is guidance for a character but when most of the cast will never wind up being pictured, you draw your grasp of their appearance based on description in-book and how the other characters describe their looks.

Even without KDJ's famous soliloquy in JTTW about YJH's appearance, we know that he's handsome and fit. We know that HSY is pretty but most of the time she has her face pulled into exaggerated expressions that make you instantly forget that. We know what kind of clothes the characters wear, whether other people think they're attractive, and how they're perceived generally. So, what does the reader get told about Kim Dokja?

Kim Dokja describes himself as average. He used to take bathroom selfies, but he's not particularly good looking. And the book plays into that! He's assigned 'Ugliest King' and it's partly a joke but partly to tell us something. Kim Dokja isn't your stereotypical secretly-handsome MC. As the book unfolds, we learn that there's a reason why people think he's ugly, but even beyond that specific metatextual one, there's more. We learn that towards the end of the novel, he's become more tanned and healthy-looking. We're told that at the beginning of the novel, his skin was pasty from a lack of sunlight. He was skinny from a diet of what he could afford at the corner store. He likely had dark circles from staying up late. These are all things that help us to develop a picture of Kim Dokja as a person. Even beyond that, the question of whether Kim Dokja is actually ugly was a debate that I miss having, mostly because I think SS were trying to show that you don't need to be handsome to be loved.

There's a lot that I don't agree with the webtoon team on, and I won't go into that here, but I would argue that possibly the worst thing they did for ORV was make Kim Dokja look like every other secretly-handsome MC. How can the reader grapple with him being given the ugliest king title when they can plainly see in every chapter that he's been drawn with bishie sparkles in the horniest way possible? It breaks immersion and squanders the value of the discussion to be had by its inclusion in the novel.

Tldr; kdj should be drawn swagless assless and looking like a mess.

9 months ago

/ Orv novel ch 489 spoilers

a comic redraw of a scene in Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint novel chapter 489, where Shin Yoosung is holding tightly onto Lee Gilyoung's hand, saying "You idiot... Wake up", "I don't understand ahjussi either", "I'm just doing my best trying to understand.". Both of them are drawn to be crying, and in front of them is Dokja in his Outer God "Enemy of the Story" form

[ Story, 'Saviour of the Star', is having a chat with the Story, 'Insect King' ]

Girl i will never recover from this chapter. the whole "gilyoung is jealous of yoosung" and "gilyoung would also put his life on the line and sign a contract with his sponsor to protect yoosung" breaks my heart and im just AUGHHHH SCREAMS

and now I will ramble about sys and lgy under the cut.

THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME. have you guys ever realised how gilyoung was growing to become so fucked up in the beginning of the story? killing monsters and even people without batting an eye, offering to dokja to leave him behind, and even sangah and dokja were genuinely worried about his development. (sangah telling him she'll kill and he doesn't need to kill anything) and the one thing that sort of grounds gilyoung from this taking over his growth is when shin yoosung joins the party

its only after she joins that he's able to act his age like a lil kid, bickering and fighting and just... aughhh,, THEY ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER AS FRIENDS FROM THE SAME AGE OKAY... like having friends your age is so important when you're a kid, they literally stay together all the time. and they argue a lot but they defend each other and hold each others hands whenever the other needs help.

its SO fucking wholesome. NOT TO MENTION, yoosung was the reason gilyoung signed a contract with his sponsor in the jttw arc, (it was never specified why but i think he did it so she would survive and save dokja? Or like so he could have the power to fend off the enemies on his own and keep them occupied away from sys. Maybe I'll go reread that part again) the whole yellow aura thing yknow. and im like half certain they picked up the idiot-calling from like yjh kdj and hsy calling each other bastard stupid and idiot all the time...its kinda funny..

anyway. they make me so ill. SO ILL.

9 months ago
Kaizenix Arc Yoohan....never Not Thinking About Them

kaizenix arc yoohan....never not thinking about them

9 months ago
Kaizenix Royalty

Kaizenix Royalty

9 months ago
My Friend Did The Osaka Bang When We Were In Osaka And Kags Is Literally My Reaction

my friend did the osaka bang when we were in osaka and kags is literally my reaction

9 months ago
Crush 💘

Crush 💘

9 months ago
Some Recent Hades Doodles :^)
Some Recent Hades Doodles :^)
Some Recent Hades Doodles :^)

Some recent hades doodles :^)

9 months ago
We've Been Running From Love 🫀
We've Been Running From Love 🫀

we've been running from love 🫀

9 months ago
Been Watching My Friend Play Hades

been watching my friend play hades

9 months ago
Been Watching My Friend Play Hades

been watching my friend play hades

9 months ago
I Like The Idea That Zagreus Resumed Trying To Talk Him Return Hair Length
I Like The Idea That Zagreus Resumed Trying To Talk Him Return Hair Length

I like the idea that zagreus resumed trying to talk him return hair length

9 months ago
Jesus In The Hades Art Style
Jesus In The Hades Art Style
Jesus In The Hades Art Style

jesus in the hades art style

9 months ago
🦋🕯 Fatamorou Comm

🦋🕯 fatamorou comm

9 months ago
For Valentines, Yachi Made All The Other First Years Tomo-choco (friend Chocolate) !! It Was Well-received

For Valentines, Yachi made all the other first years tomo-choco (friend chocolate) !! It was well-received :,,) Tobio is going to put off eating his so he can continue staring at it. Yachi-san made this for him… friends chocolate… because they are friends…

9 months ago
The Girls R Fighting I Hear
The Girls R Fighting I Hear

the girls r fighting i hear

9 months ago
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA PRETENDS TO BE / 
Leona: Meh, I don't really care 'bout nothin' or nobody. / 
VS
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA TRULY IS / 
Ruggie: If you don't hide your wallets, Imma steal them! / 
Leona: Sure, whatev'. / 
Ruggie: ...Wait, really? / 
EXHIBIT A: Lets Ruggie steal from him
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA TRULY IS / 
Yuu, Grim & Ruggie : LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOOR / 
Leona: OK I'LL HELP! Ruggie what the hell?! / 
EXHIBIT B: Let Yuu and Grim bully him into helping with Azul
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA TRULY IS / 
EXHIBIT C: Let Riddle sleep on his laps
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA TRULY IS / 
Leona: Jack is pretty self aware, he's a good little pupper like that. where does that leave you? / 
Jamil: ?!! / 
Jack: *SNEEZE* / 
EXHIBIT D : -praises Jack behind his back 
-gave Jamil advices
(Transcript) 
HOW LEONA TRULY IS / 
Leona: Uh, you're not too shabby at it. / 
Epel: Hehe, my Meemaw taught me how to make a mean pie when I was 10. / 
EXHIBIT E : joined the culinary crucible because his Spelldrive junior also did
(Transcript) 
CONCLUSION: (Yuu) I DIAGNOSE YOU WITH "BIG SOFTIE" SYNDROME! / 
Leona: AH?!!

I dare you to say I'm wrong.

9 months ago

sa tur ooo

Sa Tur Ooo
Sa Tur Ooo
9 months ago

🤍🖤

🤍🖤
🤍🖤
9 months ago
Karasuno Girls

Karasuno girls <3

9 months ago
He’s Right 🐮🍫

he’s right 🐮🍫

9 months ago
Winter Ushiten
Winter Ushiten

winter ushiten

9 months ago
The Boys Are Finishedddd

The boys are finishedddd

Fanart of Luo Binghe and Shen Yuan inspired by Shen Yuan Of No Relation by @grubus on AO3

Not really any particular chapter but they're always huggin so this seems about right

Ogh I love seeing my brainwaves make gay shit appear on the screen it's like a superpower

9 months ago
The Dwarves Gathered In The Tavern Over A Cup Of Ale To Think About A Plan To Eliminate The Knight (cwn)

the dwarves gathered in the tavern over a cup of ale to think about a plan to eliminate the knight (cwn)

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